Johann & Daniel Elzevir / Typis Johann. Conradi à Mechel, Leiden / Basel, 1654. HUYGENS, Christiaan. De circuli magnitudine inventa. Accedunt eiusdem problematum quorundam illustrium constructiones. Leiden: Johann & Daniel Elzevir, 1654. [8], 71 [1] pp. Woodcut device on title, numerous woodcut diagrams in the text, errata on final page. [bound with] BERNOULLI, Johann I. Dissertatio inauguralis physico-anatomica de motu musculorum. Basel: Typis Johann. Conradi à Mechel, [1694]. 20 unnumbered pages, woodcut diagrams to title-page verso, woodcut tailpiece and historiated initial. 4to (200 x 155 mm). Contemporary half calf over sprinkled boards, gilt-decorated spine with red morocco label lettered in gilt (rubbing to spine and extremities, corners scuffed), red-dyed edges. Provenance: Mme. V. Courcier, Paris (paper label to front pastedown), Thomas Moreaud (signed armorial bookplate loosely inserted). ---- I. FIRST EDITION of the Huygens' rare second publication. According to Beckmann a remarkable work. 'In his De circuli magnitudine inventa he approximated the center of gravity of a segment of a parabola, and thus found an approximation of the quadrature; with this he was able to refine the inequalities between the area of the circle and those of the inscribed and circumscribed polygons used in the calculations of \Kp\k p. The same approximation with segments of the parabola, in the case of a hyperbola, yields a quick and simple method to calculate logarithms, a finding he explained before the Academy in 1666-1667" (Beckmann). DSB VI, p.598; Beckmann, A History of \Kp\k; Will
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16mo. Pp. 166, (2). With one folding engraved map "Situs provinciarum imperii sinici 1654". Contemporary full vellum, title in mss on spine. Early edition, issued the same year as the first. The text is revised throughout, the preface expanded, and with an appendix (pp 159-66) not present in the first edition. It's an important work about the history of the Manchu invasion and conquest of the Chinese empire in the first half of the 17th century. Martini was an Italian-born Jesuit, historian and cartographer who spent many years in China, travelling extensively throughout the country. Martini is considered to be the first European to study the history and geography of China with accurate scientific objectivity. Cordier BS 623. De Backer & Sommervogel V, 647. Lust 440. Löwendahl 1562. Streit (1929) 2232. Walravens (1897) 101. [Attributes: First Edition]

1654. Folio (235 x 360 mm). (4), 4, 12 pp. 57, (1) pp. 26 pp., terminal blank. With 1 engraved disc in the text of the first count (a repeat of disc 2 of the first volvelle), 3 volvelles in the first section, composed of 11 parts; and 2 volvelles in the second section, composed of 6 parts. Contemporary full vellum. Rare second, expurged edition of this remarkable treatise offering predictions for the destiny of European nations, issued without place or printer in the year of the almost unobtainable first edition, most copies of which were burned by the hangman at Nantes and Rennes shortly after publication. The first edition was deemed offensive due to the predictions of five volvelles in the second section which offered horoscopes for Islam, Christianity, France, Spain, and England. A "Figura Sectae Mahometanae" dared to give a horoscope of the Prophet Mohammed and a list of significant events in the history of Islam; this was followed by predictions which included the suggestion that a quarter of the world would be Islamic by 1703. The horoscope of Christianity also included dire predictions: indeed, those for the fate of England (ending with the wiping out of the English nation in 1884) caused a serious diplomatic rift, resulting in the English ambassador demanding the book be suppressed. The present edition of the "Astrologiae Nova Methodus" (and subsequent ones) omits the incriminated 7 pages and 5 volvelles; instead, it prefixes a new, two-page introduction entitled "Principiorum Astrologiae Brevis Expositio" ("The Principles of Astrology, Set Out in Brief"), which ex
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A glimpse into the Age of Louis XIV at the apex of his power, signed by prominent royal, judicial and diplomatic figuresLouis XIII had two children. His son Louis XIV, who came to be known as the glorious "Sun King," was crowned when just five years old. He was King for over 72 years, and remains the longest reigning monarch of a major European power. Louis XIV was the embodiment of the Divine Right of Kings. He strengthened and centralized the power of the monarch, and encouraged the loyalty of the nobles, bringing them closer and closer to the court at Versailles. Under his leadership France became the strongest power in Europe. It was also a time of the flourishing of arts and philosophy. The reign of Louis XIV has the same aura of a great, even romantic, flowering about it as that of Elizabeth I of England.The younger son of Louis XIII was Philippe, also called the Duke of Anjou, who greatly expanded his political domains, adding dukedoms and other offices, as well as growing the fortunes of the House of Orleans. At the coronation of Louis XIV in 1654, Philippe acted as dean, placing the crown of France on his brother's head. The two men had a heated argument one day in 1701 over family affairs. Philippe angrily returned early the same evening to dine with his son. He collapsed after suffering a fatal stroke. Louis XIV, upon hearing his only sibling had died, said "I cannot believe I will never see my brother again."A parlement (parliament) was a provincial appellate court in Ancien Régime France. The most important of them was by far the Parlement of Paris. They
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A glimpse into the Age of Louis XIV at the apex of his power, signed by prominent royal, judicial and diplomatic figuresLouis XIII had two children. His son Louis XIV, who came to be known as the glorious "Sun King," was crowned when just five years old. He was King for over 72 years, and remains the longest reigning monarch of a major European power. Louis XIV was the embodiment of the Divine Right of Kings. He strengthened and centralized the power of the monarch, and encouraged the loyalty of the nobles, bringing them closer and closer to the court at Versailles. Under his leadership France became the strongest power in Europe. It was also a time of the flourishing of arts and philosophy. The reign of Louis XIV has the same aura of a great, even romantic, flowering about it as that of Elizabeth I of England.The younger son of Louis XIII was Philippe, also called the Duke of Anjou, who greatly expanded his political domains, adding dukedoms and other offices, as well as growing the fortunes of the House of Orleans. At the coronation of Louis XIV in 1654, Philippe acted as dean, placing the crown of France on his brother's head. The two men had a heated argument one day in 1701 over family affairs. Philippe angrily returned early the same evening to dine with his son. He collapsed after suffering a fatal stroke. Louis XIV, upon hearing his only sibling had died, said "I cannot believe I will never see my brother again."A parlement (parliament) was a provincial appellate court in Ancien Régime France. The most important of them was by far the Parlement of Paris. They
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A glimpse into the Age of Louis XIV at the apex of his power, signed by prominent royal, judicial and diplomatic figuresLouis XIII had two children. His son Louis XIV, who came to be known as the glorious "Sun King," was crowned when just five years old. He was King for over 72 years, and remains the longest reigning monarch of a major European power. Louis XIV was the embodiment of the Divine Right of Kings. He strengthened and centralized the power of the monarch, and encouraged the loyalty of the nobles, bringing them closer and closer to the court at Versailles. Under his leadership France became the strongest power in Europe. It was also a time of the flourishing of arts and philosophy. The reign of Louis XIV has the same aura of a great, even romantic, flowering about it as that of Elizabeth I of England.The younger son of Louis XIII was Philippe, also called the Duke of Anjou, who greatly expanded his political domains, adding dukedoms and other offices, as well as growing the fortunes of the House of Orleans. At the coronation of Louis XIV in 1654, Philippe acted as dean, placing the crown of France on his brother's head. The two men had a heated argument one day in 1701 over family affairs. Philippe angrily returned early the same evening to dine with his son. He collapsed after suffering a fatal stroke. Louis XIV, upon hearing his only sibling had died, said "I cannot believe I will never see my brother again."A parlement (parliament) was a provincial appellate court in Ancien Régime France. The most important of them was by far the Parlement of Paris. They
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[London]: [s.n.], Printed in the Yeare 1654 [4], 107pp, [3], 12pp. With engraved portrait frontispiece. Without terminal blank. Finely bound in twentieth-century brown morocco, ruled and decorated in blind, lettered to spine in gilt. A.E.G., marbled endpapers. Slightest of shelf wear to extremities, else a fine copy. Portrait neatly restored to verso, without loss. Early ink inscription of J. Pirie to head of title, recent bookplate of Christopher Rowe to FEP. John Cleveland (bap. 1613, d. 1658), English metaphysical poet and royalist. Educated at Cambridge, Cleveland was elected as the Hebblethwaite Fellow of St. John's College in 1634; with somewhat of a reputation as an orator and writer, his responsibilities included addressing important visitors and corresponding with establishment figures. An ardent royalist, Cleveland departed from Cambridge in the early 1640s (and was ejected from his college positions in 1645), moving to Oxford and proximity to the Royalist court, and taking the office of Judge Advocate at Newark in 1646. It is for the political satires he composed during the English Civil Wars that Cleveland is chiefly remembered; notably The Character of a London-Diurnall (London?, 1644), which includes amongst an attack on the prevalence of Civil War newsbooks a sketch on Cromwell, and The Rebell Scot, a withering attack on Scots ('Sure England hath the Hemeroids, and these On the North posture of the patience sieze, Like Leeches, thus they physically thirst After our bloud'), Scottish character ('like witches') and Scotland itself ('such a wildernesse', which
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1654. [Poetry, Verse] ~ CLEVELAND, John Poems...With Additions, never before Printed [London]. [s.n.], Printed in the Year, 1654, . 8vo. Two parts in one volume. [4], 107, [4], [2], 12pp. With engraved frontispiece portrait. Nineteenth-century tan morocco, spine richly gilt, with diamond lozenge ruling to boards, in the style of Charles Lewis. Unidentified monogram bookplate to FEP. Rubbed, with chipping at head and foot of spine, crack to upper joint (but with board holding firmly). Occasional shaving, without loss of sense, paper adhesion to blank-fly leaf, else a crisp and clean copy. John Cleveland (bap. 1613, d. 1658), English metaphysical poet and royalist. Educated at Cambridge, Cleveland was elected as the Hebblethwaite Fellow of St. John's College in 1634; with somewhat of a reputation as an orator and writer, his responsibilities included addressing important visitors and corresponding with establishment figures. An ardent royalist, Cleveland departed from Cambridge in the early 1640s (and was ejected from his college positions in 1645), moving to Oxford and proximity to the Royalist court, and taking the office of Judge Advocate at Newark in 1646. It is for the political satires he composed during the English Civil Wars that Cleveland is chiefly remembered; notably The Character of a London-Diurnall (London?, 1644), which includes amongst an attack on the prevalence of Civil War newsbooks a sketch on Cromwell, and The Rebell Scot, a withering attack on Scots ('Sure England hath the Hemeroids, and these On the North posture of the patience sieze, Like Leeches, thu
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Printed in the year, London, 1654. [10],148pp. Small octavo. Extracted from previous binding, a.e.g. Scattered foxing and marginal, small burn hole in B3-4 affecting a few letters in one margin, title cropped at top with loss of 'The', otherwise a good copy. First edition, of two editions published the same year of this anonymous work. The other edition bears a somewhat variant title sub- title and is paginated at 154pp. and sometimes includes a portrait. The prefatory poem, an extract from John Lydgate's "Fall of Princes," is printed in black letter. A prose account of the Peasant's Revolt of 1381 led by Tyler, as well as its spiritual inspiration by John Ball, who is featured as "Baal' in the subtitle of the second edition. ESTC R208498. WING C4672. WITHER TO PRIOR 175. [Attributes: First Edition]

London: Printed for Henry Seile over against Saint Dunstans Church [etc.], 1654. Later 3/4 calf over marbled boards, the joints rubbed but sound, very light foxing and the title a bit darkened, else quite sound; the Taussig copy Only edition of a rare work, ambitiously seeking to reconcile the power and discretion of the Chancellor in equity with the most famous clause of Magna Carta [chapter 39] guaranteeing a "judgment of peers . . . according to the law of the land

Only edition of a rare work, ambitiously seeking to reconcile the power and discretion of the Chancellor in equity with the most famous clause of Magna Carta [chapter 39] guaranteeing a "judgment of peers . . . according to the law of the land". Later 3/4 calf over marbled boards, the joints rubbed but sound, very light foxing and the title a bit darkened, else quite sound; the Taussig copy. Printed for Henry Seile over against Saint Dunstans Church [etc.], London, 1654.

1654. unbound. Moll, Hermann. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 6.5" x 7.25". Page measures 13.5" x 8.5". This map shows the Portuguese colony of Brazil as divided into hereditary captaincies. Engraved lines emphasize the colony's long coastline, which the accompanying text describes as a long Skirt upon the sea." Along this coast, ports, bays, river inlets, and other features are all labeled. Inland is less detailed, however the region's main rivers are shown as they reach between Part of the Amazones, at top, and part of La Plata, at bottom. At left, a compass rose radiating rhumb lines punctuates the labeling of the Atlantic Ocean. Below the map, text in English describes the geographical extent of the colony and some details of its history.The map is In good condition. Some minor offsetting in the lower portion of the image.Of German or Dutch origin, Herman Moll (c. 1654-1732) settled in London in the 1670's where he worked as an engraver for Moses Pitt. By the turn of the century, Moll became the foremost map publisher in England, where he produced Atlases and maps. As an engraver, cartographer, mapseller and globemaker he appealed to the public with his unusual views and vignettes. As the demand for his work was sustained, he issued many revised editions of his work. Hard to find.

London: Printed for G. Bedel, and T. Collins, and are to be sold at their Shop at the Middle-Temple-gate in Fleet-street, 1654. First edition of this collection of internal and otherwise "secret" primary sources from the reign of Henry VIII through Charles I. Beginning with Henry VIII's 1533 letter to the clergy in York, "touching his Title of Supreme Head of the Church of England," and the doomed Anne Boleyn's 1536 letter to the king from her cell, this compilation offers readers insight into the politics of early modern England at every level. The machinations of Spain, the problems with Ireland, and the uneasy position of Catholics in England are all addressed by heads of state and their closest counselors, while Thomas Bodeley rebukes Francis Bacon for the arrogance of his scientific method, and Bacon admits to Essex that he has "plaid the ignorant Statesman, which I do to no body but your Lordship, except I do it to the Queen sometimes when she trains me on." Scrinia Sacra was issued as a companion volume to Cabala, the publisher's collection of related letters published earlier that year; the two volumes were released together with a new general title page soon after this first printing. Wing S2110. From the library of David Belasco (1853-1931), the American theatrical impresario and playwright, with his elaborate decorative bookplate. A very good example of a popular political sourcebook. Quarto, modern full dark green morocco, boards paneled Cambridge-style with double rules and corner ornaments in blind, raised bands, black morocco spine label, spine ruled and lett
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The Newcomb, for Thomas Heath, London, 1654. Book measures 12 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches. Collation, [30],[1], 1 blank, 475, 1 blank, [3]pp, 7 text illustrations, 1 diagram, engraved initials. Bound in full calf. At some time, [ not recently ], the binding has been rebacked, retaining the original speckled panelled boards, raised bands, original title label. Calf lightly rubbed, some minor abrasion wear. Generally a very nice firm binding Internally, endpapers have some light browning, dust/dirt mark along inner magin of title page. 2 pages have a short stain mark, 4 leafs, Hh1-Hh4, have a small hole in margin which has been repaired, Hh1 has loss of margin annotation text, which is supplied in facsimile. Pages in very good clean condition throughout. A very nice clean copy, in a very attractive binding. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

Artist: Moll Hermann ( - 1732 ) London; issued in: London; date: ca 1715, 1654. technic: Copper print; colorit: colored; - condition: Upper margin perfectly replaced; - size (in cm): 8,5 x 25,5; - description: Map shows the Mediterranean sea with sout Europe, north Africa and Asia minor; - vita of the artist: Hermann Moll (1654- 1732) London was a cartographer, engraver, and publisher.Moll produced his earliest maps from studying cartographers such as John Senex and Emanuel Bowen._ In the 1690s, Moll worked mainly as an engraver for Christopher Browne, Robert Morden and Lea, in whose business he was also involved. During this time he also published his first major independent work, the Thesaurus Geographicus. The success of this work likely influenced his decision to start publishing his own maps.

Artist: Moll Hermann ( - 1732 ) London; issued in: London; date: ca 1712. - technic: Copper print; colorit: original colored; - condition: Very good; - size (in cm): 26 x 18; - description : Map shows the southwest part of Africa with Congo, Angola, Southwest Africa, Southafrica, Botswana, Sambia and on inset map the island of St. Helena; - vita of the artist: Hermann Moll (1654- 1732) London was a cartographer, engraver, and publisher.Moll produced his earliest maps from studying cartographers such as John Senex and Emanuel Bowen.? In the 1690s, Moll worked mainly as an engraver for Christopher Browne, Robert Morden and Lea, in whose business he was also involved. During this time he also published his first major independent work, the Thesaurus Geographicus. The success of this work likely influenced his decision to start publishing his own maps.

Artist: Moll Hermann ( - 1732 ) London; issued in: London; date: ca 1705. - technic: Copper print; colorit: original colored; - condition: Very good; - size (in cm): 27 x 16; - description : Map shows the city map of Coni; - vita of the artist: Hermann Moll (1654- 1732) London was a cartographer, engraver, and publisher.Moll produced his earliest maps from studying cartographers such as John Senex and Emanuel Bowen.? In the 1690s, Moll worked mainly as an engraver for Christopher Browne, Robert Morden and Lea, in whose business he was also involved. During this time he also published his first major independent work, the Thesaurus Geographicus. The success of this work likely influenced his decision to start publishing his own maps.

December 5, 1654. Written in Dutch at the top and translated into English at the bottom, the deed reads in part, <I>"Petrus Stuyvesant, under the Right and Honorable, the High and Mighty Lords States General of the United Netherlands, and the Directors of the General authorized West India Company, Governor General of New Netherland thereon, with the Honourable Council, declare, that on this day, the date hereunderwritten, We have Given and Granted Unto Jan Lubbertsen, a piece of Land laying over the North River (Hudson River), between Pernoenapaen and Kil Van Koll (New Jersey), Stretching Along the River of Bay South West, is broad eighty rods, and broad behind in the woods eighty rods, Stretching into the Woods North Northwest and is long on both sides one hundred and eighty seven and half a Rods, Making together Twenty five morgan; with express condition and Precontract . . . Thus done in New Amsterdam in New Netherland the 5th day of December One thousand six hundred and fifty four."</I> This land constitutes the Pavonia colonies which is Bergen, NJ and Hoboken. The document was copied in New York City April 27, 1764.

Artist: Merian Matthäus ca ; issued in: Frankfurt on Main; date: ca1654 - - technic: Copper print; - colorit: original colored; - condition: Upper margin perfectly replaced; - size (in cm): 19 x 32; - description: Map shows the city Salzderhelden; - vita of the artist: Matthäus Merian (1593 ? 1650) , born in Basel, learned the art of copperplate engraving in Zurich and subsequently worked and studied in Strasbourg, Nancy, and Paris, before returning to Basel in 1615. The following year he moved to Frankfurt, Germany where he worked for the publisher Johann Theodor de Bry. He married his daughter, Maria Magdalena 1617. In 1620 they moved back to Basel, only to return three years later to Frankfurt, where Merian took over the publishing house of his father-in-law after de Bry's death in 1623. In 1626 he became a citizen of Frankfurt and could henceforth work as an independent publisher. He is the father of Maria Sibylla Merian, who later published her the famous and wellknown studies of flowers, insects and butterflies.